Write an essay analyzing the role of women in The Great Gatsby, as represented by Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle. What kind of influence or power do they wield? Consider their social positions and interactions. For this prompt, you might also want to consider what literary theorists refer to as the homosocial: The ways that men interact with each other within or without the presence of women. Are the men fighting over women? Are the women fighting over men? What sort of position or role do women take in this novel? You may also consider putting this in a historical context. Why didn’t Daisy wait for Gatsby? What’s the real reason Daisy and Tom couldn’t divorce? Or George and Myrtle? Why does Myrtle hate George but love Tom? Write an essay analyzing the role of women in The Great Gatsby, as represented by Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle. What kind of influence or power do they wield? Consider their social positions and interactions. For this prompt, you might also want to consider what literary theorists refer to as the homosocial: The ways that men interact with each other within or without the presence of women. Are the men fighting over women? Are the women fighting over men? What sort of position or role do women take in this novel? You may also consider putting this in a historical context. Why didn’t Daisy wait for Gatsby? What’s the real reason Daisy and Tom couldn’t divorce? Or George and Myrtle? Why does Myrtle hate George but love Tom?
Write this essay in the intro, 3 bodyparagraphs, and conclusion format and for each body paragraph include a topic sentence, 2 main points, 2 quotes from the great gatsby to backup those points, analysis on those quotes, and a tie back to the thesis of the essay. The thesis should be an arguable statement and not a fact.
The only source that should be used in this essay is The Great Gatsby and quotes from the book.
